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Sneaking in a family excursion in the afternoon with our fingers crossed that the rain would hold off. It was a very different Jells Park to the one I so often ride through on Sundays on my after lunch bike rides, barely a person to be seen, no picnics, no parties, just a few couples and individuals out walking, hunched up in puffer jackets and coats.
There was no sign of the mob of Grey kangaroos that I've seen a few times in the past, off sheltering in the thicker bush I suspect. On the lap of the lake there was nearly no bird life around us, too wet, grey and dull, just the waterbirds out in the lake and islands. Standout among them were the hundreds of bin-chickens -- White ibis[1] -- grunting, squawking and arguing over real estate. The islands were covered in them, and leafless, a guano-covered heap of sticks and branches under dead trees as the ibis have taken over. Out on the water a few pairs and small groups of tiny Australasian grebe paddled about, diving for food and making it hard to count their numbers. A solitary Black swan[3] was feeding, possibly a juvenile as it appeared in parts more dull grey than black. A few Black duck[4], coots[5] and moorhens[6] and for at least half the way around the lake, no sign of any swamphen[6] -- although as soon as this was mentioned one came stalking out of the long grass beside the path, as though presenting itself for inspection.
Also on the path, a single Common bronzewing[8], very rotund, pecking at the gravel of the path and determined not to fly away from us, conserving energy by waddling ahead to a safe distance. Gorgeous colours and a very striking white eye stripe
Back around to the open grassland near the picnic areas and our most colourful individuals of the walk; a flowering gum above us full of screeching Musk lorikeets[9] and on the ground the flash of red and yellow from a couple of pairs of Eastern rosellas[10]
A few other ubiquitous noise makers -- the Noisy miners[11] -- and on the grass Magpies[12] and Magpie larks[13], then a large flock of Wood duck[14] grazing and nothing much more until we got back to the car, conveniently, just as the rain recommenced
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